I hated to leave my garden for over two weeks, especially when it was loaded down with huge quantities of green tomatoes.
So, I picked every red and slightly red tomato the day we left. Then I picked every tomato that even had a hint of red. Then I picked some really big ones that were completely green.
I chopped most of the red ones and we took the rest with us to Yosemite, hoping they would ripen over the course of the trip.
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The red and slightly red tomatoes |
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The 'hint-of-red' and very green tomatoes |
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After three days some of these green buddies are definitely ripening! |
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Three more days and they're still turning! I used everything red in my taco soup that night. |
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These are what remain 10 days into our trip |
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We came home with these two little guys. They ripened in the back window of the car on the drive home, but we ended up tossing them because they also got a little soft and COOKED back there on the very hot drive. =) |
My plan of enjoying fresh tomatoes for two weeks worked! I was so delighted to have them and share them with our family and friends we saw along the way.
Katie
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